Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-18

congratulated the President upon that mes
sage. The President referred to what tue
Doctor had told him al bis previous visit,
and seemed highly gratifed at the approval
of such plain spoken, disinterested ana
sincere gentleman.
Representative Gibson, of West Virginia,
went to the Postoffice Department day or
Two ago to do what he could toward having
oneof his constituents, 8 man named keanan,
q laborer in that department, and who had
worked faithfully for year in the lowest
Mace therein. promoted TO the position OF
Waterman. Mr. Smith, republican, who
has control of all such appointments, asked
Mr.. Gibson whether the man he desired to
have promoted had been Union soldier,
and when informed that he had not been,
told Mr.. Gibson that no such promotion as ne
asked for was made in that department un-
less in the case of X.Union soldiers. Mr..
Gibson expressed surprise at such RUE,
and asked for printed copy OF 1t. Mr.
Smith replied that such rule had never
been issued in printed form, but that 1t was
generally understood, and was in operation
all the same Mr. Gibson went Immediate
IL to the room of the Postmaster General,
and telling him what he had heard in Mr..
Smiths room, asked if it was possible that
such q rule was really enforced. Upon be-
inc Given to understand that it was, he told
Mr.. Villas that that rule, of course, snut
out not only every ex.C Confederate PUT every
Southern man from promotion, ana asKeu
him if he wss aware that Southern people
had votes To this very unsatisfactory
reply was made, and MIR. Gibson retired
with such grace as was possible under the
circum stances. The above statement Is
l.. zrN T
self.
It is rumored to dag that the Withdrawal
of Mr.. Manning from the cabinet foresnsu'
ows other changes in that body. Inc
changes other than that of Mr. Carlisle Tor
Mr. Mannipg's place, are Mr. Pendleton for
the War Department, Mr.. Villas Tor Attor'
nev General. and Col. Lamont for Postmas-
ter General.
The Richmond and Danville system mas
been offered one hundred and thirty thou
sand dollars for their central office, corner
of PENNSYLVANIA avenue and 18th street, In
this city. ten thousand more than they paid
for it. by the commissioners of the District
of Columbia, to be used for the District Of
| fees. but the offer has been refused. This,
it is thought, indicates that the central Of
fee of the company will not be removed
from this city.
The investigation Of the charge that re-
publican government is upturned in Iexas
was resumed this morning by Mr.. Hoars
Senatorial committee Nobody takes any
interest in it, those present being only the
members of the committee, the witnesses
and few newspaper men. The testimony
to day was to the effect that Washington
county is o pretty rough place, irrespective
of politics, that republicans and negroes as
well as democrats are disorderly, and that
the lynching Of the negroes was denounced
! by democrats and republicans alike. MIR.
Hoar can make no party capital out OF this
affair.
The bill for changing the limits of the
Norfolk customs district was reported IA
vorably in the Senate to-day, but MIR. Har-
ris objected to its immediate consideration,
and it had to 90 over.
The bill directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to examine and settle the accounts
of several States. including Virginia, for
money advanced the government during the
war of 1912, has been favorably reported
by the Senate Committee on Claims.
Representative Libbey, of the Norfolk
district in Virginia, called upon Secretary
Whitney to day to see whether one OF the
two dry docks provided for in bill now
| DcIOTe lOuRC6sS, Huii tup iOCatiou vi WINCH ID
at the disposition of the Secretary, would be
built at the Norfolk navy yard, 20 as to
know whether or not to support that bill,
but he could get no satisfactory answer.
Some people from Farmville, Virginia,
were at the Postoflice Department to day to
see if they could not have a democrat ap-
pointed postmaster there in place of the re-
publican whom General Malone had APP
pointed few days before the close Of the
Arthur administration. But the result OF
their mission was not satisfactory.
| In reference to the statement in this cor
respondence yesterday. that State Senator
Stubbs, of Virginia, had said that an extra
session of the Legislature of his State would
be held, gentleman who was at thu recent
conference Governor Lee had in this city on
that subject, says it is very strange, as the
vote in that conference was 10 to 10 against
having an extra session.
Representative Tucker, of Virginia, will return
from Mississippi and resume his seat in the House
next Monday. Representative Croxton has gone
home for q few days.